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Wikipedia: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Italian.
![[Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and the King of Spain during the IberoAmerican Summit of El Salvador]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shakira_with_Rey_Juan_Carlos_and_Alejandro_Sanz_s.jpg "Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and the King of Spain during the IberoAmerican Summit of El Salvador")
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![[Shakira performing in the halftime show.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shakiraatnba_s.jpg "Shakira performing in the halftime show.")
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![[Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and the King of Spain during the IberoAmerican Summit of El Salvador]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ALASenlacumbre_s.jpg "Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and the King of Spain during the IberoAmerican Summit of El Salvador")
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![[Shakira performing with Usher and Stevie Wonder at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Usher_and_Shakira_at_the_Obama_inauguration_2C_2009_s.jpg "Shakira performing with Usher and Stevie Wonder at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln...")
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![[Shakira in January 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shakira_at_Obama_Inaugural_s.jpg "Shakira in January 2009")
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![[Statue of Shakira in Barranquilla, Colombia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/EsculturaShakira_s.jpg "Statue of Shakira in Barranquilla, Colombia")
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![[Shakira and her fiancee, Antonio de la Rúa, with President Obama]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shakira2009_s.jpg "Shakira and her fiancee, Antonio de la Rúa, with President Obama")
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